Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies

We made these for our Sunday treat this week. We wanted to try something new and who doesn't love the peanut butter/chocolate combination?! These are so good and really pretty easy. There are a few more steps because of the filling in these, but they are definitely worth it!

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup granulated sugar (plus more for rolling)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup creamy peanut butter, divided

1 tsp. vanilla

1 egg

3/4 cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In a separate bowl or stand mixer, beat together sugars, butter and 1/4 cup of peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg, beating to combine. Stir in the flour mixture and stir to combine, blending well. Set aside.

In another bowl mix together powdered sugar and remaining 3/4 cup of peanut butter until smooth.

Pull off a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough and flatten with your hands. Take about 1 teaspoon of peanut butter mixture and place it in the center of the chocolate dough. Wrap the chocolate dough around the peanut butter center, pressing to seal. Roll the cookie into a ball and roll the cookie in the sugar. Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet 2 inches apart. Using the bottom of a glass, flatten each cookie to about a 1/2 inch thickness.

Bake in preheated oven for 7-9 minutes. Let stand on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then remove to a wire rack.

Then see if you can let them cool long enough before digging in! :)

Enjoy!